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Honey Hill (1864)
 
War:   American Civil War
 
Date(s):   30 Nov 1864
 
Location:   Jasper County, South Carolina, US
 
Outcome:   Confederare victory
 
Description:   Maj. Gen. John Hatch, USA
Col. Charles Colcock, CSA

The Union had a division against a reinforced Confederate regiment.

The South inflicted almost 750 casualties and suffered about 50.

Leaving Hilton Head on November 28, a Union expeditionary force under Maj. Gen. John P. Hatch steamed up the Broad River in transports to cut the Charleston & Savannah Railroad near Pocotaligo. Hatch disembarked at Boyd’s Landing and marched inland. On November 30, Hatch encountered a Confederate force of regulars and militia under Col. Charles J. Colcock at Honey Hill. Determined attacks by U.S. Colored Troops (including the 54th Massachusetts) failed to capture the Confederate entrenchments or cut the railroad. Hatch retired after dark, withdrawing to his transports at Boyd’s Neck.


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